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CBS News Monthly Poll #3, October 2000 (ICPSR 3225)

Principal Investigator(s):CBS News

Summary:

This poll, conducted October 29-31, 2000, is part of a
continuing series of surveys that solicit public opinion on the
presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. The
study was conducted to assess respondents' interest in and opinions
about the 2000 presidential election. Respondents were asked whether
they intended to vote in the upcoming presidential election on
November 7, 2000, and for whom they would vote if the election were
held on the day of the survey, gi... (more info)

This poll, conducted October 29-31, 2000, is part of a
continuing series of surveys that solicit public opinion on the
presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. The
study was conducted to assess respondents' interest in and opinions
about the 2000 presidential election. Respondents were asked whether
they intended to vote in the upcoming presidential election on
November 7, 2000, and for whom they would vote if the election were
held on the day of the survey, given a choice among the following
candidates: Vice President Al Gore and Connecticut senator Joe
Lieberman (Democratic Party), Texas governor George W. Bush and
former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney (Republican Party),
conservative commentator Pat Buchanan (Reform Party), and consumer
advocate Ralph Nader (Green Party). Respondents were asked to give
their opinions of Gore and his job performance as vice president,
Bush and his job performance as governor of Texas, Cheney, Lieberman,
Buchanan, and Nader. Nader supporters were asked whether they would
consider changing their vote in support of Gore, if they thought the
presidential race was extremely close in their state. Views were
sought on how intelligent Gore and Bush were, as well as whether
either was prepared for the demands of the presidency. Additional
topics covered the fairness of the current income tax system, whether
military and defense spending should increase, whether laws governing
the sale of handguns should be stricter, whether a smaller government
with fewer services is preferable to a larger government with more
services, the importance of the outcome of the presidential election,
whether the government in Washington, DC, could be trusted, how the
budget surplus should be spent, whether it was preferable to have a
president and Congress from different political parties, the most
important problem facing the country, and whether respondents saw
their vote as a vote for or against the presidency of Bill Clinton,
or neither. Background information on respondents includes age,
gender, education, religion, political party, political orientation,
voter registration and participation history, race, Hispanic descent,
children in household, years in community, and household income.

Universe:
Adult population of the United States aged 18 and over
having telephones at home.

Data Types:
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

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Methodology

Sample:
A variation of random-digit dialing using primary
sampling units (PSUs) was employed, consisting of blocks of 100
telephone numbers identical through the eighth digit and stratified
by geographic region, area code, and size of place. Within
households, respondents were selected using a method developed by
Leslie Kish and modified by Charles Backstrom and Gerald Hursh (see
Backstrom and Hursh, SURVEY RESEARCH. Evanston, IL: Northwestern
University Press, 1963).

Data Source:

telephone interviews

Restrictions: This data collection may not be used for any purpose
other than statistical reporting and analysis. Use of these data to
learn the identity of any person or establishment is prohibited.